Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xxi Introduction xxiii Part I: Getting Started with Joomla! 1 Chapter 1: Introducing the Joomla! Content Management System 3 Chapter 2: Obtaining and Installing Joomla! 17 Chapter 3: Taking a First Look at Joomla! 33 Chapter 4: Getting the Most from Site Configuration 51 Part II: Working with Content and Users 69 Chapter 5: Managing Content 71 Chapter 6: Working with Editors and Media 127 Chapter 7: Employing Advanced Content Management Techniques 147 Chapter 8: Working with the Menu System 175 Chapter 9: Managing the Home Page of Your Site 229 Chapter 10: Managing Your Site?s Users 243 Chapter 11: Creating a Multilingual Website 273 Part III: Working with Components, Modules, and Plug-Ins 289 Chapter 12: Using the Banner Manager 291 Chapter 13: Working with the Contacts Component 327 Chapter 14: Using the Newsfeed Component 355 Chapter 15: Using the Site Search Components 379 Chapter 16: Using the Weblinks Component 397 Chapter 17: Working with the Site Modules 421 Chapter 18: Working with the Administrator Modules 461 Chapter 19: Working with Plug-Ins 485 Part IV: Customizing and Extending the System 527 Chapter 20: Customizing the Appearance of Joomla! 529 Chapter 21: Customizing Joomla! Functionality 573 Chapter 22: Extending Your Site 603 Part V: Overseeing Website Maintenance and Management 623 Chapter 23: Keeping Your Site Secure and Up to Date 625 Chapter 24: Managing Performance and Accessibility 641 Chapter 25: Making a Site Search?Engine Friendly 661 Part VI: Appendixes 669 Appendix A: Choosing a Sample Data Set 671 Appendix B: Locating Key Files 681 Appendix C: Installing XAMPP 685 Appendix D: Installing MAMP 687 Appendix E: Implementing e-Commerce with VirtueMart 689 Index 693

About the Author

Ric Shreves is a freelance writer and web applications development consultant. His company, water & stone (www.waterandstone.com), specializes in the creation of websites using open source content management systems and has deployed hundreds of websites on the Joomla! system. A past president of the Mambo Foundation, Ric is also the author of several books, including the previous edition of the Joomla! Bible . He has worked as a columnist for ComputerWorld and written for a number of tech publications.